Fruit washing machine



Dec. 1, 1931.` J, Q QQATS A FRUIT WASHING MACHINE Filed July 2o. 192? ATTORNEl" Dec. l, 1931. 1 Q CQATES 1,834,018

FRUIT WASHING MACHINE Filed July 2o,l 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 Jas/oer C74] Cad/e5;

ATTORNEY necessity' of'discardingthe weightand eyes In the accompanying Patented Dec. ,1, 1931 JASPER CLAY coATEs, for" s y Y Application filedxiuy 2o,

vinvention reltsfto maand side-and topbrushesall arranged to pro= Vide-av plurality. ofrunways-orfruiu rtheflatj Y n n y y n n p fof thetop bruslies'shownjin precedingyiews @er being propelledthoushihernways 11.11% derrotary movementl of the brush gtable.. .ffamahnes ef rthis character .the -Sde brushes are securedtof-{thenside; 4frames by y meanslofascrews andvseonsequently toremoveyvs Y* n n, n

one of-ithe mountings the brushes .when e they -becom'e .worn 4for, the

Vsubstitution ot newy brushes: involves fa` tei; n dious and rtime-e onsurningn operation which in a fruit Vwashingmachine a mounting [for the side brushes" which permits ,the removal and replacement kof thebrushesgwithfsuch-a degree of dispatchthat,discontinuance-in operation of the lmachine is'lun'necessary,` and hence the attendant lossfin time andzlaboris eliminated.. .f.- 1 j, f g 5^ Y .In machines othe'foreg'oing character the top brushes are weighted and suspended by chains connectedv to ythe/brush. backsfrb'y eyes.'

the briish-backstructure. To eliminate the loss i resultant of ksuch a brush"` structure 'in n respect to .thekwei'ght and'eyes "my inventionV has for 'al second ruirp'0se,"the-provision'of al mounting for a topbrushin which th'e'weightV and eyes areindepende'nt oi fthe fbrushback n andthe'brush 'is detaehably secured tof-the` mountingfsothat'tlie brushv can be discarded independently ofr its 'mounting i without" the so thatthelatter can; be retained indefinitely for use with the new b'ru'shesl j 'A I will describe "only one ifo of 'fruit washingV machine embodying my .invention and will then'point out thel novel features in claims.

` Fig. 1"i`s a View 'showing in top plan one vandtheir mountings; l i :Figql is ayerticalsectionalview 'takenoning machinewhich essentially consist rotary? table:k T rotatablef on; a shaft QS and from `afplatiformy Within lthe 'housing l platform? after the fruit has'trayersedwthe "cliannelsfor runways-g jf,

l t 'etheinner (sides e offthe',vpartitions.,Af" andzA?v side brushes Bf" arev arranged soas TA PAULA, CALIFORNIA, Ass'niron;v 'ro izi'rilril'iiaiii'k VENTURA COUNTY; tcnnrroimmf f f 19427. i seriai No. 207,231;

ferm pf fraai:washingemchine embbiyiiig ymyinjvention.;N zv.. i l v F1g..2` isk ani enlarged vertical sectional Fig. f3 isffan enlarged planyiewof @a 55 theglirie. j Fvg, r''fisfa few 'shwing in perspectiye u l vfrnlthe ,side brushes offthe machine.l A*

i Referringv` specifically .to the which similar reference characters V.refer to l.

similar parts each-'of the fviews-7 my; in? yention jin-its present, embodimentis incor'-, poratedlnei 'welllmown ,type LV01 fruit? 1 carryingsbottom .brushes 'BL Y 'lhe' tableY rotatable ina liousing'Hfprovided withvan 'openngyl through which ythe,.yfifu'tto cleaned is vintroduced .onto the brushesgB` and above .the .brushes B are partitions AyA.

and-'A2Y which; are disposed concentricallyg offeach other andthe housing;H .theirf k,ends terminating iush withftheends ofthe housing soas to forr'n in eifectz ,a` continuizf ation v.of theL openingfflgfA lpartition 1li'Y rises from thev4 platform Psofiavs to dividef the opening 15 into .entrance-and exit open-f` ingsforgthe fruitVwithl partitionsal'( and 18 extending from the endsfof the 'part-i;- tions and jA, to direetithe; fruit A into l the.` channels v or runways proyided byf the partitions A, Ai, and A2,: Vand to eiectdischarge o'ffg'such, fruit'- from the Ytable-backA onto the y to have scrubbing kvengagement withv fruit trarersing the; channels or runways. Thesel :iii-

brushes iare secured to the ,'partitions-v by Aals iss

of brushes toY formy a continuous brushing Vsurface throughout the length of the parti-y tions, andas the construction or" the several brushes and mountings is the same aV description of one Will suffice for all.`r n

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, each kmount-V ing comprisesa single length ofrsheet metal or other suitable material bentV to provide a body 20 corresponding` in curvature'to theA purtition to Whichitjis attached. The lon-'- gitudinal edges ofthe'body are formed With right-angular iiangesf2l and 22, the upper iange being of greater Width than'vthe Ylovvf er iiange', and both flanges terminating at their outer edges in reverselygbent` lips .23.

.and 24,.re'spec.tively. d The fla-nges'21 and 22 are-split at intervals Las indicated at 25 'in order that the body 20 maybe bent to its Y` groove 29 for thep'urpo'se offreceiving the 'i lower lip 24. In applying thebrush to 'they mounting'the upper end of the.ba ck'27 is* slid into. thefgroove p'rovided'by Ythe Harige 21 and thef'lip: 23, While :the lower end: is

[appliedfso that the lip 24engages-'vvithin the v groove 29. this manner thebrush 'isfsef ouredgtoY the `:niounting yet? capable Tof ad# justment longitudinally thereon f Yin *order that the mountingmay accommodate other brushes. t'The ease Withr which thebr'ushes may be applied vt0 or "removedfromgthe f mounting YWill be fapp'arentfand' likewise theease `With Which themounting as a Whole can he appliedfto` orlremovedV from lits fre#V spective partition. y*In* the applied position ofthefmountingas illustrated in Figs. `lI 'and 2, the' hooks 26 engage the*upperedge` ofthe partition Aor'the partition A?, andy `fin `either instance theV several ybrushes aire held contiguous to the innerside of the par* ttion ,to` present as substantially' Vunin- -Y of the bottom brushes terrupted' brushing rsurface-'to theffruit moved forwardly under` the rotativegaction AThe fruit washing 'machin-e ais@ fraudes topbrushes- Bzsuspended fromV curved frames F by means fofhooks'BO andy chains 31 fen? gagingwvithin eyes 32. reference to'Fig.

2 it Willrbe seen that there are two Sets o-f i brushes,"'one foreach of the channels or run Ways, andf'these brushes are adapted'to 'coact Vvwith; the sideand bottom'brushes in the cleaning of fruit asit is 'moved'through the runways. The brushes B2 aredetachably associated Withthe chainsjl, bythe provision of` mountings 33 -to-which theeves 32 are se-v cured. 4As shown inF 4, each mounting' I 32vis madev of a plateof metal or other suit-V able'material havingits longitudinal edges l providedv with: anges l 34 bent vto form grooves inwhich the brush-back is partly received. The flanges in'turn are formed with lips 35, preferably coextensive in length therewithV and designed to enl age Within grooves 360i the brush-hack.' nthis manner the Vbrush is detachably". secured to the mounting to permit the substitution of new brushes vwhen required.l

The'ftop brushes B2V Weightied in order that they may properly function 1in their association with the side and bottom brushes yto eil'ectivelyf clean fruit. As in previous machines the brushes VVare hingedly connected to keach other in order that they mayV be maintained againstfrelatively lateral displacement Yand yetfbeffree to movevertiL cal'inresponse to variationi-n the; size of fruit` handled bythe machiiie'.' 'f 'lo hingedlylconl nectnany t'wola'djacentbrus'hes eyes37ffare Vsecured'to the l flanges :34, and `pins38 are exs tended ,through Vthe'v .eyes atthe confronting sides of any ltwo mountings thereby prqizvid:V

li'ngftheA hinged connection."

provided A, With a {Weight 3941 secured (to theV 4 imount'nga ana'provided withA openings' 40 through AwhichV the 4Shanks of Vvtheeyes 32 are extended.U` Fron this construction it' willl heseen that -the eyes'32 andi37 as Well'aSthe 'vveightSQ areallparried the mounting 33 and independentlygoffthe brush B'fCtonsef Y v'q'uenftly, fwhe1i. it is desired to discard the brush B2, such as when it becomes excessively Worn, it can bel readily removed from the mounting by sliding thenl'atter longitudinally therefrom. It is unnecessary to disconnect the mounting for the brush, from the mounting of the adjacent( brushes, ""nor is'fit necessary to disconnect thech'ainsj fromj the frames. With VtheWorn-brush removed, al new brush'can be readily substituted A'and applied to the mount# ing: f n. v n' Although Ihaverhereinshown and de.- scribedonlypone formof fruit Washing ma! chine embodying my invention, it is to be understoodthat various changesV and modificationsgmay be madeherein withoutl departing from the spirit of theinvention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims. l

5I claim:V

, l. 'Af brush mounting of the character scribed comprisingfaLf-bQdY Vhaving lipped Y flanges Idefining grooves .for receiving they 'backs Aof.v brushes, and hooks positioned *to have hooked engagement with a support and disposed `on the body to suspend the latterin a vertical position from the support.

f2'. A mounting, forptop brushes ofV--fruit Washing machines comprising abrush hav- Y ing its back providedwith grooves, a plate,

flanges projecting laterally from opposed. y side edges of the plat`e,.lips on the flanges adaptedto be receivedin the grooves `ofthe brush back to detachably secure the brush to A* d the plate, eyes ontheplate to which chains y areadapted to be connected, and other eyesV on said flanges through which pins are adapt- Y ed to be inserted'to hingedly connect the Y plate to other plates. 3. A mounting for ing its back provided with grooves, a plate, flanges projecting laterally from opposed side edges of the plate, lips on the flanges adapted to be received in the grooves of the brush back to detachably secure the brush to the plate, eyes on the plate to which chains are adapted to be connected, other .eyes on said flanges through which pins are adapted to be inserted to hingedly connect the plate to other plates, and a Weight adapted to rest upon the plate and having openings receiv-V ing the rst mentioned eyes to secure the Y Weight to the plate.

topv brushes of., fruit; VWashing machines comprising a brush hav- JASPER CLAY CoAfrEs.,V i 'i 

